Development and preliminary validation of Brace Questionnaire (BrQ): A new instrument for measuring quality of life of brace treated scoliotics

Scoliosis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Vasiliadis, Elias ^a   Grivas, Theodoros B ^a   Gkoltsiou, Konstantina ^b  

^a THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

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EID: 34248338650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-1-7     Document Type: Article

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